The gustatory system provides vital sensory information to determine feeding and appetitive learning behaviors.
The aim of the present study was, therefore, to determine feeding place dimensions that would allow goats to feed in a species-appropriate, relaxed body posture.
A two-choice test was used to determine feeding preference of the two treatment groups.
A standardized questionnaire was administered at every study visit by a member of the study team who was not conducting the feeding counseling to determine feeding behaviors in the past 24 hours, past week and since the last visit.
For instance, the performance of specialist herbivores which can cope with chemical defence traits is predominantly affected by water stress and mechanical defence while in other species, multiple defence mechanisms determine feeding and performance [27], [28], [29].
To determine feeding practices and selected health-related behaviours in New Zealand families following a 'baby-led' or more traditional 'parent-led' method for introducing complementary foods.
The aim of this survey was to determine feeding practices and selected health-related behaviours in NZ families following 'baby-led' or more traditional 'parent-led' methods for introducing complementary foods.
We evaluated the competing hypotheses that generalist herbivores would prefer or reject native vs non-native (to the herbivores) plants by determining feeding patterns of aquatic herbivores from North and South America when offered macrophytes from North America, South America, Australia, and Asia.
We determined feeding response profiles to 9 bitter tastants and sucrose for each tubulin-GAL4/UAS-Obp RNAi line and the control.
We ask whether the size of the group per se and the size of the feeding group (the members actually participating in the feeding event) play a role in determining feeding efficiency, and we examine how relatedness interacts with the dynamics of cooperation and competition by investigating the performance of the group in terms of feeding efficiency, growth and mortality.
